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Camp Morehead, Wardak province. Brig. Gen. Dadon Lawang (Formed from 1st Cdo bde HQ cadre)
1st Commando Brigade Camp Morehead, Wardak province (Planned, Operational Summer2011).
1st (6th) Commando battalion CM3 Wardak Col. Mohammed Naim Majeedi, Operational<May2009
2nd (8th)Commando battalion(Lamer/Sun) Operational May ,6 2010
3rd (9th) Commando battalion (Cobra) - Lt. Col. Naqib Baloof Operational August 17, 2010
Garrison Support Unit CM3
2nd Commando Brigade Camp Morehead, Wardak province (Planned, Operational Sep2011)
3rd Commando Brigade Exists November 26, 2011
1st Commando Battalion Is this 201st (1st) battalion? Operating in Kunar November 26, 2011
Special Forces Group (brigade) - Camp Morehead, Wardak province (Planned, Operational Sep2012)
4x Special Forces Battalions (Planned)( First SF battalion to be fielded is 2nd Battalion by Jun2011 )
18x Special Forces A-Teams (15 men each)
1xCaptainCO, 1x1st Lieutenant XO, 1xTeam Sergeant, 2xmedical sergeants, 2xWeapon
sergeants, 2xEngineering sergeants,2xCommunications sergeants,2xInteligence
sergeants, 1xInformation dissemination sergeant,1xCivil-military operations specialist
1x Combat Support Battalion (Planned)
1x Combat Service Support Battalion (Planned)
ANASOF SOE (brigade) (Planned)
LANG
Civil Military Operations, Afghan Information Dissemination Operations (CMO AIDO)
Special Forces School
NCO Academy
Commando School
Support Command battalion (Planned)
1st A-Team May2010 to Khakrez Kandahar., 8 A-Teams by Nov 2010. 14 A-Teams by Apr2011, All 72 ATeams by 2014
ANA Ground Forces Command (ANAGFC) Lieutenant General Murad Ali Murad
IOC Mar2012, FOC Aug2012
National Military Command Center (NMCC) C2
Communications Support Element (CSE) - BGen Qasim (Self sufficient by Summer2010)
Tactical signals battalion detachments to Corps HQs
Headquarters Security Support Brigade CM1 Kabul
A Infantry Battalion CM1
B Infantry Battalion CM1
1st Brigade RDL2 - Camp Shirzai, Kandahar , Brigadier General Khair Mohammad, AOR Panjwai
1st Infantry Battalion CM2
2nd Infantry Battalion CM1- Panjwai District, Lt.-Col. Sakhi Mohammad Barriz
3rd Infantry Battalion (Night fighters) CM2 - Zhari
4th Combat Support Battalion CM2
5th Combat Service Support Battalion CM2
6th Infantry Battalion UF
Garrison Support Unit CM2
2nd Brigade RDL4 Qalat, Zabol, Brigadier General Jamaluddin
1st Infantry Battalion CM1 FOB Sweeney, Shinkay district, southern Zabul
2nd Infantry Battalion CM1 capable of independent ops 2/28/11
3rd Infantry Battalion CM3
4th Combat Support Battalion CM2 - Qalat, Zabol, artillery platoon (3x D30 122mm howitzers)
5th Combat Service Support Battalion CM3
6th Infantry Battalion Temp duty in Kandahar
Garrison Support Unit CM1
3rd Brigade RDL4 Zhari, Kandahar, Colonel Ghalum Murtaza Sarwari
AOR Zhari and Maiwand districts. Aug2010 Replace former 3/205th which was transferred to 215th Corps
1st Infantry Battalion - Operational Jun2010
2nd Infantry Battalion - Operational Sep2010
3rd Infantry Battalion
4th Combat Support Battalion
5th Combat Service Support Battalion
6th Infantry Battalion
4th Brigade RDL4 Camp Holland, Uruzgan, Operational Dec2008.
1st Infantry Battalion CM3
2nd Infantry Battalion CM3 Mirabad Valley
3rd Infantry Battalion
4th Combat Support Battalion CM4
5th Combat Service Support Battalion CM3
6th Infantry Battalion CM4
207th Corps (Zabar/Victory) RDL3 Camp Zafar, Herat, Major General. Shahzada.
AOR Herat, Farah, Bagdhis provinces
207th (4th) Commando Battalion CM1 Shindand Operational May 8, 2008
207th Route Clearing Company
1st Brigade RDL2 - Herat
1st Infantry Battalion CM1
2nd Infantry Battalion CM3 Herat. Jun2012: moving to Wahsir district under 215th Corps
3rd Infantry Battalion CM3 - Badghis , Colonel Niamatullah
4th Combat Support CM2 Ghurian
5th Combat Service Support CM3 Farah
Garrison Support Unit CM2
2nd Brigade RDL3 Farah
1st Infantry Battalion CM1 - Camp Zafar, Lt Col Raheem Khan
2nd Infantry Battalion CM3 Lt Col Sakhra
5th Combat Service Support Battalion CM3
6th Infantry battalion UF
Garrison Support Unit CM4
3rd Brigade Chesma-e-Dozakh, Badghis Oct 2011: Garrison facility building
3rd Infantry Battalion - Moqur
Finance
Collective training center Consolidated field training
Commando school (opened Spring 2007) Commando training
Organization status
Units: 164 fielded (Sep2010)
6 corps HQs
1 division HQ
22 brigades HQs (21 infantry, 1 commando)
1 tank battalion ( used as infantry due to lack of heavy equipment maintenance)
1 mech infantry battalion (used as infantry due to lack of equipment maintenance)
126 infantry/combat support/combat service support battalions/garrison support units
8 commando battalions
152,000 (Jan2011). Infantry battalions manned to 100%.
3500 troops completed medic training (May09).
Training
KMTC: 30,000 troops train per year, 8000 at any one time, 84,000 since 2002(Apr09).
Another 8,000 total trained in Basic Training (Nov08) at satellite locations in Mazar-eSharif(209th
Corps) closed, Heart(207th Corps), Gardez(203rd Corps), Kandahar(205th Corps), Darulaman/S.
Kabul(201st Corps). Satellite capacity 8000 at any one time.
Total training capacity increased to 18,000 at any one time due to reduced training for accelerate
growth
Basic Soldier Training is 10 weeks being reduced to 8 weeks to accelerate growth (Dec2009)
Basic Combat Training is 5 weeks
Elementary soldier and infantry skills such as weapons, handling, shooting, guard duty, land
navigation, first aid, mines, and prisoner processing.
Advanced Individual training is 3 weeks
Squad tactical movement, weapons training, patrol, squad assault, ambush and check point
operations.
Field Training Exercise is 2 weeks
Squad Attack, Squad Attack (Live firing), Platoon, Attack, Day and Night Ambush
Advanced Combat Training is 6-8 weeks for about 30% of soldiers
Specialist training at Branch Schools
8000/year capacity at KMTC
Romanians provide trainers and mentors
Unit tactical training is 9 weeks being reduced to 5 weeks to accelerate growth (Jan 2010)
Canadians provide trainers and mentors
Consolidated Fielding Center training is 8 weeks, increased to 9 weeks (Jun2010)
The CFC organizes individuals into a unit and establishes a chain of command, organize units, equip
them and transport them to their assigned commands from the training center so that they arrive as intact
teams. The first unit fielded thought CFC was 2/3/203rd Corps on Sept21, 2008
NCO training
After Basic Soldier Training, further NCO courses are offered to promising students. British forces
provide trainers and mentors
It is difficult to get NCOs to Kabul training facility. Therefore, Afghan-led mobile training teams go to
corps for team and squad leader training (two weeks)
Officer training
Officer cadet training is six months modeled on British Sandhurst College. Being reduced to 20 weeks
to accellerate growth (Dec2009)
Selected officer candidates to National Military Academy of Afghanistan, four-year school modeled
after West Point. 84 graduated 2009, 300 in 2010.
Command and Staff college providing 4 levels of classes
Lieutenant and Captain
Major and Lt Colonel
Colonel
One and two star General
Specialist training
Combined Arms Training School (planned): Infantry support weapons, armour, and artillery training.
For junior officers, non-commissioned officers. British lead.
Logistics School, Engineering School, Intelligence Training Center (ITC): French, German support
Mentoring in the field
Once units have competed basic training, mentoring by coalition forces is provided at their respective
Corps Area of Operations.
Operational Mentor Liaison Teams (OMLTs) are equivalent to the US Embedded Training Team
(ETTs). The ETTs and OMLTs mentor the ANA in leadership, staff, and support functions; planning,
assessing, supporting, and execution of operations; and training doctrine, tactics, techniques, and
procedures. In addition to training and mentoring the ANA the ETTs and OMLTs provide the ANA
access to combat enablers such as close air support/fires, medical evacuation, and quick reaction forces.
The following coalition partners provide OMLTs: France, Germany, Romania, Great Britain, the
Netherlands, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Slovenia, and Poland. As of December 2008,
there were a total of 42 validated OMLTs out of a NATO commitment to provide 103.
US forces represented by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines mentor the ANA from MoD to
company level. There are 1138 embedded US advisers out of 2225 needed(Dec08)
Commando training
12 weeks training after Basic Training. US SOF lead, Afghan trainers
Special Operation Forces training
1 week selection course, the 26 weeks training with US SOF
Equipment
Transportation
Goal - Current
Total rolling stock
21,900(Nov2010)
Pickup trucks (Ford F 350 SORV)
23,000 Trucks
5200 - 2781
Medium tactical trucks (Navistar 5ton) 4,000 - ??
Heavy trucks
1,200 - ??
Communications and control (C2)
46,000 pieces of communications equipment fielded (Aug2010), 100% of requirement
Commercial wireless microwave links - National Military Command Center to Corps HQs
PRC-1077 or HH-7799 (VHF) long range
PRC-1099 or RT-7000 (HF) Radio - long range
Motorola 960/handheld - local (district & patrol)
Armored vehicles
Goal
- Current
T62 tank(salvaged)
- 30?
BMP1 infantry fighting vehicles(salvaged)
- 30?
BDRM scout vehicles (salvaged)
- ?
M113 APC
- 45
M577 command vehicles
- 16
M1117 ASV
23(Dec2011) Up-armored HUMVEEs (M1151/M1152) 6500
- 4100
Indirect fire
D-30 122mm towed howitzers
Goal Current
283?(for 134,000 goal) - 146 (Sep2010)
or 184? (end2011)
81mm mortars
- 950 (Sep2010)
Small/Medium arms
M4 / M16A2 rifles
M203 grenade launchers
M249 squad automatic weapon
M240B machine guns
M24 sniper rifles
M2 50cal machine guns
RPG-7
SPG-9 Recoilless rifle
Goal
104,000 2,250 2,600 1,700 1,544 576 -
Current
32,768 (Jun09)
1,760
2,199
1,138
>244 (Sep2010)